A cliff-edge hotel could collapse into the sea as coastal erosion has been wearing away the land at a rate of a metre a month.

The Blue Anchor Hotel, parts of which date back to the 15th century, has been forced to close its children’s garden play area that backs on to the cliffs, which are crumbling at a dangerous rate.

Recent flooding, rough seas and heavy rain have accelerated the issue, with locals fearing if nothing is done to stop the erosion, the hotel and pub, in the tourist town of Blue Anchor, West Somerset, could be lost into the sea.

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Wearing away: The pub backs on to cliffs which are crumbling due to sea erosion

Simon Strom, landlord of the Blue Anchor Hotel, said: ‘Over the last two or three months we've lost three or four metres. It's quite scary.

‘If they don't shore it up we've just got to sit here until the hotel falls in.’